Is Christian Atsu alive or Dead?
According to Colin Millar tweet “Christian Atsu has been found alive inside rubble after today’s devastating earthquake that rocked Turkey and neighbouring nations. He reportedly has breathing difficulties and an injury to his right foot, and has been transported to hospital.
The report adds that Hatayspor, for whom Atsu plays, are frantically trying to find the whereabouts of others. The club’s sporting director, Taner Savut, and a club interpreter are said to still be uncontactable. Several other players were found alive in rubble.
Disclaimer: Turkish reports have still not confirmed this. (A Bola have several links to the club through former Portuguese Primeira players so fingers crossed their report was published with the correct information)”
Who Is Colin Millar?
Colin Millar is a freelance football journalist who has combined covering the beautiful game in his native Northern Ireland with that of his adopted home, Seville. Colin has reported on Spanish football for numerous publications with particular.
Earlier Report
Ghanaian International Christian Atsu who plies his trade with Turkish side, Hataysport has been trapped under rubbles in Monday morning 7.7 magnitude earthquake.
According to reports, search and rescue efforts are still to find missing individuals.
Several members of his new team had to be rescued after the earthquake and Atsu is now reported to be amongst those still missing.
The club’s sporting director, Taner Savut, is also trapped as efforts to free them continue.
The 65-cap Ghana international joined Super Lig club Hataysport last summer.
Christian Atsu scored the only to for Hatayasport yesterday in their league match against Kasimpasa.
Atsu joined Chelsea as a youngster in 2013 from Porto before being sent on a number of loan spells. He spent time at Everton and Bournemouth before making a permanent switch to Newcastle United in 2017 having never played a Premier League game for Chelsea.
He left the Magpies having played over 100 games in 2021 to join Saudi side Al-Raed but departed the East for Turkey in the summer. He scored his first goal for the club this weekend, just hours before the earthquake struck.
More than 1,300 people have lost their lives in the disaster, with a further 6,000 injured, according to officials. A massive aftershock with a magnitude of 7.5 hit Turkey’s south hours after the original quake. Reports say it was felt once again in Syria and also Iraqi Kurdistan.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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